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Clouds in our atmosphere has many functions which includes slowing the rate of heat loss. Regarding the question at hand, clouds slow down the rate of heat loss by absorbing heat emitted from the surface and re-radiating it back down to the surface. Cloud's basic role in climatology is to modulate Earth's basic radiation balance and to produce precipitation.
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∙ 11y agoYes and no. At night clouds help retard the escape of ambient thermal radiation. During the day high cloud albedo reflect solar radiation, keeping earth's surface in shade. But water vapor itself is a heat trapping gas, so in general the answer is yes, clouds slow the rate at which earth sheds heat.
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Earth's geothermal gradient is the rate of temperature change incurred by?
Geothermal gradient is the increase of temperature in relation to the increasing depth in the Earth's interior. The Earth's internal heat source comes from the joined forces of residual heat from planetary accretion and heat produced through radioactive decay. It may also come from other sources.
The rate of heat loss from the hot cup change during the experiment answer?
The rate of heat loss from the hot cup decreased during the experiment.
Which rate of heat transfer will be greater. In the fridge or freezer?
Thermal equilibrium is achieved in theory only after an infinite time. In practice, two bodies will become indistinguishable in temperature when the differences fall below the random heat fluctuations in either. But the rate at which a hot body loses heat to a cold one is faster for a bigger difference in temperature. Therefore, in the freezer, the rate of heat transfer will initially be faster. If you found something much colder - like liquid helium, then you could freeze food in an instant. In fact this is the meaning of "snap-frozen". When you snap-freeze delicate food, there is not time for ice-crystals to grow, and this prevents the food from being damaged. They remain crisp when thawed.
Does temperature difference does not affect heat transfer rate?
yes
What transfers thermal energy through space?
There are three mechanisms by which thermal energy (heat) is transferred through space: conduction, convection, and radiation.1Radiation is the transfer of heat energy through empty space. All objects with a temperature above absolute zero radiate energy at a rate equal to their emissivity multiplied by the rate at which energy would radiate from them if they were a black body. No medium is necessary for radiation to occur; radiation works even in and through a perfect vacuum. The energy from the Sun travels through the vacuum of space before warming the earth. Also, the only way that energy can leave earth is by being radiated to space.The transfer of thermal energy through space is called Radiation
How do clouds slow the rate of the earth's heating?
clouds act like insulators for Earth. they slow down the process of the sun's heat (and uv) rays reaching Earth .
If something is conductor of heat does it lose heat fast or slow?
If something is a good conductor of heat, it heats up faster and loses heat at a slower rate.
What cup contains more heat?
Dark cups contains more heat and loses it at the smallest rate than the silver cups.
Explain who loses from inflation and who loses from unemployment?
explain who loses from inflation and who loses from unemplyment
What is steady heat flow?
In most realistic situations heat flow can be said to occur from a region of higher temperature to one of lower temperature. As the region of higher temperature loses heat and the other region gains heat their temperatures become closer and the rate of heat flow diminishes. If, however, it can be contrived to maintain the source of heat at a constant temperature and the destination of the heat also at a constant temperature, then the heat will flow between the two at a constant rate, called steady heat flow.
Why does a central furnace kick on too much?
There is the possibility it is oversized causing it to heat the house, shut off and restart otherwise known as short cycling. Ideally the furnace would be sized to heat the house at the same rate the house loses heat on a design day.
Why can't feel earth spinning?
Because it's rotating at such a slow rate, it would be impossible to feel it spinning. When people look up at the sky, they think that the clouds are moving, when in actual fact, it's the planet moving. The clouds are staying still.
How much will earth heat up in the future?
According to scientists and NASA the Earth has warmed up 1 degree in the past 100 years with an increasing rate of 2.86%.
Earth's geothermal gradient is the rate of temperature change incurred by?
Geothermal gradient is the increase of temperature in relation to the increasing depth in the Earth's interior. The Earth's internal heat source comes from the joined forces of residual heat from planetary accretion and heat produced through radioactive decay. It may also come from other sources.
How does temperature affect the rate of heat transfer?
For conductive and convective heat transfer, the rate of heat transfer is proportional to the the temperature difference; if you double the difference you will double the rate of heat transfer. For radiative heat transfer, the rate of heat transfer is proportional to the difference of the 4th powers of the absolute temperatures.
What is heat rate of steam turbine How to calculate heat rate of steam turbine?
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What will happen if more of the suns heat became trapped in earth and less heat would be realeased to space?
The accelerated greenhouse effect will grow at a faster rate, the earth will get warmer, global warming will continue and climate change will become more catastrophic!
